It stops the development of the egg (if eggs are simply destroyed, the goose will often lay more).

The goose has laid the golden egg.

A new responsibility is to resist the wave of resentment stirred by politicians whose geese cannot lay those golden eggs.

This goose would fly away and lay his golden eggs elsewhere.

The goose lay, neatly trussed, on a cold, marble slab.

The goose that laid the golden eggs.

The goose that had laid its golden yolks for one might lay them for two as well.

The geese lay scattered about the compound in piles of feathers that looked as if they had never known life.

You must persuade him that the goose will lay golden eggs only if treated properly.

Below the room, in the kitchen, a goose lay in the oven, sizzling in its own fat.